For me, I think progress is definitely hard to see/measure especially if there's no goals. I have no concrete goals with L. Just yesterday I was telling her how I felt I wasn't doing any better. She listed and explained like 5 ways I have progressed since I started with her. I don't remember 4, but the 5th was self-mentalization. Everything she said, I could agree with. Still, it was hard to take in, probably why I can't remember. L would say that the therapy is still working and growing even if it's not at the forefront. I also think it was harder to grasp because it was a compliment and I still struggle with those. I guess there might be little victories like when I told her I was angry at her the first time. But for the most part, we measure my progress in the long-term, not session by session.